Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Bluefire Police Film Update
From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 21:51:54 -0600
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020905195241.031c2998@pop.runbox.com>

I'm still playing email tag with the proprietor.

I'll post an update when available.

Regards,

Greg

Jeffery Smith wrote:

> I'd like to try some in Ethol TEC, but have no idea of what times to 
> use. Is there a chart anywhere?
>
> Jeffery Smith
>
> At 04:52 PM 9/5/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> I'm going to order some myself and try it out. In the meantime here's 
>> an update on the Bluefire Police Film:
>>
>> Sorry this is taking so long, but I can never predict when I'll be in.
>>
>> The film is a microfilm, which is how it gets its fine grain. In 
>> standard
>> developers, microfilms have extremely high contrast and are unusable for
>> pictorial work. The supplied developer is an ultra-low-contrast 
>> formulation
>> specific to getting pictorial contrast with microfilms. You could 
>> also test
>> the film with any low-contrast developer, but my experience has been 
>> that
>> the Bluefire HR is the best combination of pictorial resolution and 
>> useable
>> speed (EI 80).
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your interest and let me know what you want to do.
>>
>> David Foy
>>
>>
>> The Frugal Photographer
>> ---------------------------------
>> http://www.frugalphotographer.com
>>
>>
>>
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